Are we ready to abandon mechanical cooling in the data center? Recently, Green DataCenter News published an article called “Are we ready to abandon mechanical cooling in the data center?”. The article points out two criticisms of free cooling systems that...

AISO.net saves 80% on cooling energy AISO.net is to saving energy like Apple is to simplifying technology. It’s a pioneer. In fact, the company hangs its hat on being one the first and most efficient green data centers since it began in 1997. Today the web-hosting...

Will A.C. be the end of us? In a recent Time magazine article, Eric Klinenberg, a professor of sociology at New York University and the author of Heat Wave: A Social Autopsy of Disaster in Chicago, got hot under the collar about America’s penchant for cooling down....

The Revolutionary Retrofit When it comes to green data centers, the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) at the University of Colorado in Boulder is in a league of its own. That’s one reason why the NSIDC’s Manager of IT Services, David Gallaher, was invited to...

Myth #3: Green Products Cost Too Much No doubt about it. Green technology costs more—but only on the front end. On the back end, it blows traditional methods away. That’s because green technology—like the kind used in our air conditioners—is designed to give you a...